Insect-catching device.



No. 000,029. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1005.

M. 'TEELETZKE INSEGT GATGHIN'G DEVICE.

tAPPLIA'IIDN FILED DBC. 28, 1904.

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UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

MAX TERLETZKY, OF GOBLE, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF 'ONE-HALF TO CHAR-LES KRATZKE, OF REUBEN, OREGON.

INSECT-CATCHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed December 28, 1904. Serial No. 238,832.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX TERLETZKY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Goble, in the county of Columbia and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Insect-Catching Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to insect-catching devices.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of devices which are employed for catching insects; furthermore, to increase their efficiency in operation.

With the foregoing and other minor objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides, primarily, in a novel form of arrow having a basket at its forward end provided with automatically-operated doors adapted to be closed when the arrow has reached the limit of its iiight.

The invention also resides in the particular combination and arrangement of parts and in the precise details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the forward end of an insect-arrow constructed in accordance with the invention, the doors of the basket being' closed. Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1, part of the device being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a front elevation with the doors of the basket open. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the automatic means for closing the doors of the basket. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the improved insect-arrow, the doors ofl the basket being opened.

Like referencenumerals indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates the shaft of the improved arrow, which is provided at its rear end with feathers 2 or other suitable guiding devices. Formed in the rear end of the shaft 1 is a longitudinal passage into which extends a cord 8, said cord passing out of the longitudinal passage through a lateral passage and being attached at its forward end to a catch-lever 4, which is pivotally mounted at 5 in a tubular member 6, attached to the forward end of the shaft 1. The catch-lever 4 is adapted to engage a retaining device 7, which is held normally in advanced position by means of a spring 8. The retaining device 7, which is pivotally mounted within the tubular member 6 above the catch-lever 4, is formed with a projection 9, adapted to engage a slot 10 in a sleeve 11, which is adapted to slide longitudinally upon the tubular member 6. The sleeve 11 is provided with oppositelyextending arms 12 13, to which are connected cords 14 15, attached at their forward ends to the doors 16 17 of a basket 18, carried upon Y points to form eyes 22 23, adapt-ed to receive4 the bent terminals 24 25 of semicircular doorframes 26 27. The door-frames 26 27, which are covered with netting, as shown, are adapted to be closed automatically by means-of spring devices 28. Each of the spring devices 28 preferably comprises a single piece of resilient wire which is attached at each end of its ends to one of the door-frames 26 27 and the intermediate portions of which are bent to form two separate series of resilient coils, one of which series of coils surrounds the bent terminal 4 of the door-frame 26 and the other of which series of coils surrounds the bent terminal 25 of the door-frame 27. This particular construction of the automatic device for closing the doors of the basket is extremely strong, simple, and durable in construction, as well as thoroughly eiiicient in operation.

Constructed as above described, the method of using' the improved device is as follows: The oppositely-extending bent arms 12 and 13 of the sleeve 11 are grasped in the hand and drawn backward until the projection 9 of the retaining device 7 snaps into the slot 10 in said sleeve 11, thus holding the doors 16 and 17 of the basket 18 securely in open position. The arrow is then placed in any suitable form of bow or projecting device and discharged at the insect which it is desired to catch, the rear end of the cord 3 being retained in the hand or attached securely to the bow. As

soon as the arrow reaches the limit of its flight the cord 8 causes the catch-lever 4 to retract the retaining device 7 thus permitting IOO the resilient devices 28 to close the doors 16 and 17. By extending the cord 3 through a longitudinal and centrally disposed passage in the rear end of the shaft 1 the cord is prevented from causing the arrow tod eviate from its course. Y

The bent arms 12 and 13 of the sleeve 11 are particularly adapted to receive two of the tingers of the hand in retracting the sleeve and opening the doors 16 and 17 of the insectbasket.

Changes in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit ofthe invention sage therein, a cord extending into said passage, a tubular member secured to the forward end of said arrow, a catch-lever pivotally mounted in said tubular member and being connected with said cord, a retaining device adapted to be operated by said lever, a sliding sleeve on said tubular member adapted to be engaged by said retaining device, oppositely-extending curved arms on said sleeve, a basket having diverging members intertwisted at their rear ends and fitted into said tubular member, a ring supported by said diverging members and being bent at suitable points to form eyes, door-frames having bent terminals extending through said eyes, a resilient device comprising a single piece of wire attached at each of its ends to one of said door-frames and being bent intermediate its ends to form two series of resilient coils, one of which surrounds the bent terminal of one door-frame and the other the bent terminal of the other door-frame, eyes upon said doorframes, and cords connecting said eyes with the bent arms of said sleeves.

In testimony whereof I atix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

MAX TERLETZKY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES KRATZKE, T. C. WATTS. 

